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(No Model.)

S. COMES.

4SHIRT.

No. 360,661. Patented Apr. 5,` 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

SIIlIOhT COMES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,661, dated April 5, 1887.

Application filed Oetober, 1886. Serial No. 217,562. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON COMES, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Shirts, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved shirt which fits well, espeeially on the neck and shoulders, and which can be opened and closed very easily at the front without wrinkling or folding the bosom or in any way mari-ing the appearance of the same.

The invention consists of aV shirt having a front opening extending from the top to the bottom, two flaps at the sides of said opening, a bosom on the outer fiap, and a wing or extension on the outer flap, said wing or extension and collar-band being folded over the shoulder until the front end of said extension is at the middle of the back of the neck, and can be fastened by the rear collar-button on the neckband,all as will be fuly described and set forth hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of my improved shirt, parts being broken out. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of i the shirt on the line y y, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of the upper part of the shirt, showing the wing of the upper flap.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The shirt-body is constructed at the front with an opening extending from top to bottom and with an exterior flap, A, and an interior flap, B, the said exterior Hap, A, being adapted to overlap the said interior flap, B.

The bosom O is fastened on the outer surface of the exterior flap, A, and the collarbandD has its front part fastened to the top of the outer fiap, A, the inner Hap; B, being also provided with a collarband section, D'. The outer flap, A, is provided at its upper end with a wing or extension,E,that can be folded against the back ofthe neck, and which eXtension is provided in its upper edge with a collarband,D2. YVhen the collar-band is closed, the right-hand part of the collar-band is doubled, as shown in Fig. 1. The iiap A is provided with button-hole a, through which button b, fastened on the flap B, can be passed. Vhen the shirt is closed,the edge of the inner fiap, B, is slightly to the left of the center of the bosom C, and extends from the collar to the bottom, while .the outer flap is slightly to the right of the right-hand edge of the bosom and extends from the top to the bottom edge,the wing E ofthe flap A resting on the collar-band, as stated. The collar-band is provided at the middle of the back with a button-hole, o, at the left-hand end of the part D with a buttonhole, cl, and at that part of thecollar-band directly above the center of the bosom with a button-hole, e, and at the end ofthe section E with abutton-holej. Vhen the shirt is closed,the button-holes (l and c are in line,and the collarbutton for fastening the front ends of the collar can be passed through them. The wing E can then be folded on the back of the neck, so that the button-holes c andf are in line, and the collar-button for fastening the rear part of the collar can be passed through the same, whereby the end of the wing E is held in place on the back of the neck.

It will be observed that the shirt opens in front, and is closed by the button I) on the flap B and by the rear collar-button. The shirtbosoin can be provided with button-holes or apertures for ornamental buttons or studs.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to'secure by Letters Patent- A shirt having a front opening extending from top to bottom and two flaps at the side of said opening, a bosom on the out-er fiap,and a wing or extension ou the outer iap, to which extension part of the collar-band is attached, said wing or extension and collar-band being of sufficient length to be folded over the shoulder until the free end of said extension is at the middle of the back of the neck and can be fastened by the rear collar-button held in the middle of the back of the neckband, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SIMON COMES.

Vitlnesses GEEL Kane, SOL. N. BosENEAUII., 

